Possessing Genius
Author | : Carolyn Abraham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : 9781840465495 |
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Author | : Carolyn Abraham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : 9781840465495 |
Author | : Carolyn Abraham |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-10-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 014029368X |
April 18, 1955, was an auspicious day for Thomas Stoltz Harvey. As chief pathologist at Princeton Hospital, he had been called to do an autopsy on a corpse seven hours old. It was a routine procedure with one significant difference: This was the cadaver of Albert Einstein. Harvey saw, in Einstein's corpse, a chance to do something "noble,"to contribute in some way to the annals of science. So before he stitched the body shut, Thomas Harvey removed the brain of the twentieth century's greatest intellectual hero. He took it without permission, but struck a deal with Einstein's family to keep it, becoming the custodian of this remarkable relic—preserving it for posterity and the scientists he deemed worthy to study it. He promised to guard the brain from souvenir hunters and publicity seekers and vowed that any information about it would appear only in serious scientific journals. He had no idea that the power of Einstein's celebrity would engulf the rest of his life. Possessing Genius tells the story of a man obsessed by his conviction that a collection of brain tissue might some day solve the mystery of genius. Painstakingly researched, it includes never-before-published correspondence between Harvey and the executor of Einstein's estate that sheds new light on how the brain fell into one man's hands. It dramatically evokes the shift from scientists' morbid curiosity about an amazing specimen to the serious questions and hypotheses inspired by the existence of the organ, including the widely touted work on Einstein's brain by Canadian neuropsychologist Sandra Witelson. Possessing Genius won the Canadian Science Writers' Association's 2001 Science in Society Book Award and has been nominated for the 2002 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction.
Author | : James C. Oleson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2016-09-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0520282426 |
"This study provides some of the first empirical information about the self-reported crimes of adults with genius-level IQ scores. The study combines quantitative data about 72 different offenses with qualitative data from 44 follow-up interviews to describe nine different types of offending: violent crime, property crime, sex crime, drug crime, white-collar crime, professional misconduct, vehicular crime, justice system crime, and miscellaneous crime"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Carolyn Abraham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : |
Documents the journey of Einstein's brain in the hands of pathologist Thomas Harvey, who in an attempt to preserve history unleashed controversy as researchers examined the remains, determined to find the physical source of intelligence.
Author | : The Knowledge Commons |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1607106841 |
The smartest and funniest quotations of all time, artfully arranged into witty—and surprising—categories. Every page will entertain, educate, and delight. Uncle John’s dedicated team of quotationeers have scoured the worlds of entertainment, history, literature, politics, sports, and more to bring you this unique collection of utterances that bear repeating. From silly to profound, from Aristotle to Mr. T, you’ll discover insights on such topics as love, sex, conspiracies, boredom, cheese, juggling, and the true meaning of belly-button lint. Here are but a few of the thousands of morsels awaiting you: “Weaseling out of things is good. It’s what separates us from the other animals . . . except the weasel.” —Homer Simpson “All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” —Gordie Howe “In America, sex is an obsession. In other parts of the world, it’s a fact.” —Marlene Dietrich “With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and sixty.” —Jack Nicholson “It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase ‘as pretty as an airport’ appear.” —Douglas Adams “If it’s called USA Today, why is all the news from yesterday? Bam! Busted!” —Stephen Colbert “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” —Phyllis Diller
Author | : Harriet Martineau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Authors, English |
ISBN | : |
This is a detailed, sensitive, and enlightening autobiography by one of the 19th century's most influential women.
Author | : Patrick Braybrooke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Fairies in literature |
ISBN | : |